Birdstone...
 

I love Mine That Bird! However, I will be routing for Summer Bird tomorrow. How cool would it be for Birdstone to sire two different classic winners in his first crop? To me it is all about Birdstone. Look what Funny Cide did for Distorted Humor or what Smarty Jones did for Elusive Quality. It would assure some great mares in the future! I hope that you all enjoy the Belmont!!!!

Please give us some details. How far back are you going to sit?

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Pretty sure that Distorted Humor and Elusive Quality were already established sires before their dual classic winners. But yes, Birdstone has been a pleasant surprise this season. Good luck.

Clearly not, if they were successful then Darley would have bought them by now.

Isn't that the only way we measure success in this sport? If you get bought out by Darley you are a success, else you are a failure.

Didn't Distorted Humor get moved to Kentucky though after all the Funny Cide success? Or was that regardless of what Funny Cide did?

I'm in no shape to be routing for any horse. I'm clearly better around 1 turn.

EQ and DH both got classic winners in their first crops. DH is was decent but not outstanding 7f horse so a Derby/ Preakness winner in his first crop was a shock. I think his initial season as stud his fee was about $7500. He becan his career in KY, but WinStar (whose principals had just bought the business, including DH) promoted him all over, doing foal shares and other stuff.
EQ was a rocket at 7-8f on turf and had a champion Euro 2yo in his first crop but again, a Derby/Preakness winner from him was a shock.

Agree with everything you said, except Distorted Humor was a damned good sprinter- better than decent.

I laughed!

--Dunbar

He was a very good but just below a G1 level horse. I wish he'd had a few more shots at a mile.

Hope you bet the bank :tro:

Has any stallion ever had two classic winners from their first crop?

just GPK

Great day for Birdstone, even better day for Desormeaux.

:eek:
:tro:

Nah, better day for Birdstone.

I'll eat bird as long as it's free.

First that came to mind; Man o' War had Belmont winner American Flag and CCA Oaks winner Florence Nightingale in his first crop. Remember, in those days, the Kentucky Derby was a nice regional race and the Ky Oaks was a minor event at best (the latter was even true when I started going racing in the 1970s - it was a 1 1/16 mile G2 race, while the Acorn, Mother Goose, CCA Oaks, Cotillion, Delaware Oaks, Monmouth Oaks and Alabama were the G1s for 3yo fillies).